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LONDON: Jade Goody's life and death is to be the subject of a musical, according to one of her closest friends. It has emerged that producers are searching for an actress to play the former Big Brother star, reports The Telegraph. Goody died last month aged 27 after losing her battle with cervical cancer. According to Danny Hayward, who runs a photographic agency and was one of the best men at Goody's wedding, the musical would premiere this year. "One of the various projects we've got in the pipeline is a musical we've got coming out in about four months' time and it is going to be the story of her life, and we're going to be on the search for who is going to play Jade," he told reporters.

The comparison was inevitable ? between Princess Diana and Jade Goody. Nor did British papers and commentators waste much time in pointing out the similarities between the beautiful aristocrat who became a people's princess and the pugnacious pleb who also became a people's princess. For some, the comparison would stop at the fact that they both died young and in the public eye, leaving behind two small sons. But there's more, as poignant eulogies reveal: their supposedly similar struggles, the hurdles they both overcame, their motherly attributes and the raw deal they got from the media and their families.

LONDON: The funeral of British reality television star Jade Goody, who lost her very public battle with cervical cancer at the age of 27, will take place on April 4, a family spokesman said. Goody, who died yesterday, will be buried following a service at a church near her home in Essex, southeast England. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had led the tributes to the former dental nurse who struck a chord with the British public after appearing on the "Big Brother" TV show in 2002.

LONDON: Cancer-stricken Jade Goody has been in a coma-like state for 48 hours, it has emerged. The former Big Brother star has courageously clung to life far longer than expected. However, her close family feared she would not be in any state to see her beloved boys Bobby, five, and Freddie, four, "She has not really been with it for the last 48 hours," a source said. "She badly wants to see her kids on Mothers Day but hardly has any energy at all. "Due to her medication and her worsening condition she has been drifting in and out for 48 hours and has essentially been in a coma-like state.

LONDON: British TV reality star Jade Goody died in her sleep at home early on Sunday, her publicist Max Clifford said. Goody, who suffered a public battle with cervical cancer, died at her home in Upshire, Essex, at 3:14 am (0314 GMT) on Mother's Day. Goody's mother Jackiey Budden said: "My beautiful daughter is at peace. "

LONDON: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has said that she's glad she didn't get to see her dying friend Jade Goody - because she wants to remember her as the bubbly girl she met two years ago. Shetty had planned to see the former Big Brother star on her trip to London but couldn't meet her when Goody's health deteriorated. However, the 33-year-old winner of Big Brother said that she cherished the last phone conversation she had with Goody. "I am happy in a way I haven't got to see Jade," the Sun quoted Shetty, as saying on her blog.

MUMBAI: Actor Shilpa Shetty said dying reality star Jade Goody was a "catalyst and architect" of her fame in Britain. Shilpa, who is in London was hoping to meet Jade, could not since her health had deteriorated. "Little did I know that the last time I spoke to her would actually be the last time," said the actor who strode to fame in Britain and India after winning the 'Big Brother' reality show withstanding racist comments from Jade. "I always felt that she and I were connected in a strange way. I believe she was a catalyst and the architect of my fame in Britain," Shilpa said in a statement.

LONDON: Cancer-stricken British television star Jade Goody is to publish a diary of her dying days, her publishers said on Tuesday. The 27-year-old has allowed magazines and TV crews to cover her plight in return for money she says will secure the future of her two sons, and the book, "Forever in My Heart", is a "love letter" to the five- and four-year-old boys. "This is Jade in her own words," said Belinda Budge, the managing director of HarperNon-Fiction. "It is impossible not to be moved by her heart-warming voice which comes through loud and clear on every page of this last diary.

LONDON: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty will visit "Celebrity Big Brother" co-contestant Jade Goody, for a last goodbye before she loses her battle with cancer. The 33-year-old actress has been in regular touch with Goody on phone after realising her terminal illness, the Mirror reported online. Shetty was unable to attend Goody's wedding last month but will fly to meet her on March 18. "She's really hoping to get to see Jade one last time," a friend of the actress said.

LONDON: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised cancer stricken reality TV star Jade Goody for her courage and determination in fighting the disease, politics.co.uk. reported. The former Big Brother contestant who faced public criticism for her racist remarks against fellow contestant and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, has been given only months to live by doctors after an initial diagnosis of cervical cancer that spread to her bowel, liver and groin. Brown said, "It's very sad and tragic that someone so young has this disease of cancer and that the treatment she has been given has not been successful.